HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 9 VOL 7
FEBURARY 9TH 2008
SORRY ABOUT NOT GETTING THIS ISSUE TO YOU ON TIME BUT I REALLY SCREWED UP SOMEWHERE AND IT JUST TOOK MOM 45 MINUTES TO GET ME BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK! HOWARD
WEATHER; NICE, MED HUMIDITY, 29/67 DEGREES
GAS STARTING BACK UP A LITTLE $2.77- $2.89 TIM WAS HERE TODAY AND SAID THEY BOUGHT GAS FOR $2.68 IN PLANO SO IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THE PRICE IS STARTING TO EASE OFF A LITTLE EVERYWHERE!
ANOTHER SLOW DAY, WE DIDN’T DO A WHOLE LOT EXCEPT WATCH THE REMODELING SHOWS ON THE DIY CHANNEL! THEY DO SOME FANTASTIC THINGS WITH JUST TWO OR THREE WORKERS! WE WATCHED TODAY AS THEY COMPLETELY TURNED A LIVING ROOM AND GAME ROOM INTO A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION OF USEABLE SPACE!
WE WATCHED ONE THE OTHER DAY WHERE THEY TURNED A DISGUSTING LOOKING BATHROOM SOME GUY HAD TRIED TO REMODEL AND REALLY SCREWED IT UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL BATHROOM NICE ENOUGH TO BE USED AS A MODEL FOR DEMONSTRATING JUST WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A LITTLE EFFORT! WE REALLY LIKE TO WATCH THESE SHOWS BECAUSE OF THE IDEAS AND WAYS TO MAKE SOMETHING BECOME A THING OF BEAUTY INSTEAD OF AN EYE-SORE! THEN WE ALSO WATCH THE GARDENING SHOWS, SOME OF THEM REALLY GIVE GOOD IDEAS AND HINTS ON HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE SPACE YOU HAVE AVAILABLE!
AS I SAID, TIM, ELYSE AND THE KIDS CAME UP AND WE MET THEM AT HOME DEPOT! WE HAD JUST LEFT THE CHURCH PARKING LOT WHEN THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY WERE IN HOWE COMING OUR WAY! WE GOT THE THINGS WE NEEDED FROM HOME DEPOT AND THEY TOOK US TO GOLDEN CORRAL FOR DINNER THEN CAME HOME! TIM WANTED TO GET OUR PAINTING OF THE “MAHONEY COAT OF ARMS!” HE’S MAKING A FRAME FOR IT IN HIS SHOP AND WANTS TO HAVE IT TO MAKE SURE IT FITS THE FRAME!
AS YOU WILL READ BELOW I’VE STARTED AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE ACCIDENT I HAD ON JULY 5TH 1950 THAT BLINDED MY LEFT EYE AND CRACKED MY SKULL IN 5 PLACES! THE ONLY VISABLE MARK IS A SCAR ON MY LOWER LEFT CHIN THAT IS THE RESULTS OF HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL! SINCE THIS HAPPENED OVER 57 YEARS AGO IT IS REALLY TAXING MY BRAIN TO REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS, I THINK I’VE REMEMBERED ALL OF THE MAJOR DETAILS HOWEVER I’M NOT SURE ABOUT THE SMALLER ONES BUT I’M TRYING TO BE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE!
LOU WATT AND MY SELF ARE THE ONLY SURVIVORS OF THIS AS FAR AS I KNOW! JODY DIED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT LOU’S GIRL FRIEND? WHEN I ASKED HIM HE COULDN’T EVEN REMEMBER HER NAME, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER SHE WAS A ONE TIME DATE FOR THE TRIP! BECAUSE THIS IS SO LONG I’M DOING IT IN THREE PARTS SO HERE WE GO;
PART ONE
ON JULY THE 5TH, 1950 ABOUT 7 0CLOCK IN THE MORNING LOU WATT AND HIS GIRL FRIEND AND JODY SULLIVAN, MY SOON TO BE WIFE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM THE BULL FIGHTS AND JAI-LAI IN TIJUANA, MEXICO! THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER IS WAKING UP IN SAINT JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA!
LET ME BACK UP TWO DAYS AND FILL IN WHAT LEAD UP TO THIS!
ON SATURDAY NIGHT JULY 3RD WE WERE AT SCRIBNERS DRIVE-IN ON VENICE BLVD IN LOS ANGELES WHERE WE HAD STOPPED TO EAT ON OUR WAY TO SAN DIEGO, WE WERE IN MY 1940 CHRYSLER CONVERTIBLE, IT WAS WARM SO WE HAD THE TOP DOWN! THERE WAS A RADIO SHOW THAT BROADCAST FROM A BOOTH ON TOP OF THE DRIVE-INs ROUND MAIN BUILDING!. THE HOST WAS A MAN NAMED CARL BAILEY AND HIS GIMICK WAS HE WAS RADIOS TALLEST ANNOUNCER, 7’3”! THEY WALKED AROUND THE LOT ASKING DUMB QUESTIONS LIKE “WHO’S BURRIED IN GRANTS TOMB?” AND “WHAT COLOR IS A RIPE ORANGE?” THEY CAME TO MY CAR AND ASKED ME “DO DUCKS SWIM?” I ANSWERED “NO, THEY FLOAT!” AND WON 4 TICKETS TO THE FIRE WORKS SHOW AT THE L.A. COLISEUM ON SUNDAY NIGHT JULY 4TH !
SINCE WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO SAN DIEGO/TIJUANA I GAVE THE TICKETS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR NEXT TO US, A MAN AND WIFE AND TWO KIDS! THE KIDS GOT ALL EXCITED AND KEPT YELLING THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WE FINISHED EATING AND HEADED FOR SAN DIEGO WHERE WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH A FRIEND OF MINE AND HIS FOLKS! WE WOULD USE THEIR PLACE AS A BASE CAMP AND GO SEE THE SIGHTS THEN TO TIJUANA FOR THE BULL FIGHTS AND JAI-LAI
WE HEADED OUT TO MISSION BEACH FUN ZONE TO GO ON THE RIDES AND WALK ON THE BEACH! WE LEFT THERE AND WENT TO A CLUB/HOTEL OUT ON THE POINT BY THE SAN DIEGO CAR FERRY DOCK! I CAN’T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT BUT IT WAS COVERED ALL OVER WITH WOOD SHINGLES! I HEARD IN LATER YEARS IT BURNED DOWN, BOY I’LL BET THAT WAS SOME FIRE!
WE HEADED BACK TO THE HOUSE TO GET CLEANED UP TO GO TO TIJUANA! THE BULL FIGHTS WERE A BIG DISAPOINTMENT, YOU COULD TELL THE MATADORS WERE INEXPERIENCED AND THE BULLS WERE OLD AND READY FOR THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE! WE LEFT THERE AND WENT TO THE JAI-LAI PAVILLION, NOW THAT’S ONE FAST GAME! IN THE PROGRAM IT SAID THE HARD BALL THEY USE IS THROWN AT SPEEDS UP TO 250 MPH TO THE FAR WALL ABOUT 50-75 FT FROM THE PLAYERS! IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CRACK OF THE BAT AT A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME! THE PLAYER HAS A CURVED NARROW BASKET LACED TO HIS/HER FOREARM AND HE CATCHES AND THROWS THE BALL FROM THIS BASKET!
WE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO BET ON THE GAME SO I FOUND A YOUNG GUY STANDING NEAR THE BETTING WINDOW AND ASKED HIM TO HELP US WHICH HE DID! IT WAS HELPFUL HE SPOKE REAL GOOD ENGLISH! BY LETTING HIM PICK THE PLAYERS SINCE HE KNEW WHO THE GOOD ONES WERE WE ENDED UP WINNING OVER $800.00! WE GAVE THE TOUT $100.00 FOR HELPING US AND HEADED FOR THE BORDER! I HAD PARKED AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE PAVILLION AND WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE CAR IT WAS DARK! WE GOT IN AND PUT THE TOP DOWN AND SAT THERE WHILE THE ENGINE WARMED UP TALKING ABOUT IF WE SHOULD STOP AT MY FAMILYS BEACH HOUSE IN NEWPORT BEACH OR GO STRAIGHT HOME WE DECIDED TO STOP AND SEE WHO WAS THERE AND THEN HEAD FOR HOME! AS WE PULLED AWAY FROM THE PARKING PLACE WE FELT A BUMP, I STOPPED AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT I’D HIT! I COULD SEE LEGS STICKING OUT FROM UNDER THE REAR OF THE FRONT RIGHT FENDER BEHIND THE WHEEL! THE LEGS STARTED TO MAVE AND AN OLD MEXICAN CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AND HEADED DOWN THE STREET WEAVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE! I DECIDED NOT TO FOLLOW BECAUSE OF THE MEXICAN LAWS, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS OK SO I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND WE DROVE TO THE BORDER CHECK POINT AND HEADED FOR NEWPORT BEACH! WE HAD BEEN UP FOR 16 HOURS AND WHEN WE STARTED OUT I STOPPED AT A CHEVRON STATION AT THE LA JOLLA TURN OFF TO FILL UP , I WENT NEXT DOOR TO A CAFÉ AND GOT A CUP OF COFFEE! I WAS GOING TO GET SOME MORE NO-DOZ SINCE I’D RUN OUT THAT DAY BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE WAITRESS SAID I COULD GO BACK ABOUT 2 MILES TO A GROCERY STORE AND GET IT BUT I OPTED TO GO ON AND KEEP STOPPING FOR COFFEE OR SEE IF I COULD FIND SOME DOWN THE ROAD!
I REMEMBER PULLING OUT OF THE STATION AND MOVING AROUND IN MY SEAT GETTING COMFORTABLE AND THAT’S IT!!!!!!!!!
CONTINUED TOMORROW
THIS NEXT PART HAS BEEN RELATED TO ME BY LOU WATT, JODY, MY BROTHER JERRY AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL;
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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